• Source: The Most Illustrious

      • The Most Illustrious (Spanish: Ilustrísimo Señor (male) or Ilustrísima Señora (female), literally "Illustrious Sir/Mister") is an honorific prefix that is traditionally applied to certain people in Spain and certain Spanish-speaking countries. It is a lower version of the prefix The Most Excellent (Excelentísimo/a Señor/a), and was traditionally applied to non-Grandee titled nobles in Spain, but is now used for a series of other offices.


      In the Kingdom of Spain


      The following State and Government officials receive the style "The Most Illustrious":


      = Constitutional court and judiciary

      =
      The President of the Economic Administrative Central Court
      The Lawyers of the Spanish Council of State


      = Central government

      =
      The Finance Delegates


      = Local authorities

      =
      The Headmasters of Secondary State Schools


      = Diplomacy

      =
      The Embassy Counsellors
      The Ministers Plenipotentiary of 3rd class


      = Other institutions

      =
      The Director of the Spanish Academy of Rome
      The Director of the Spanish Agency of Data Protection


      = Nobility

      =
      Non-Grandee titleholders, their spouses and heirs
      Non-firstborn children of Grandees


      Other countries


      Reference to a Duke in the UK's upper house of Parliament The House of Lords historically employed the prefix "the illustrious Duke" in the late 1800s. In the 21st century, it has been replaced by the generic prefix "the noble Duke" which is customarily used for all members of the House of Lords, irrespective of their rank.
      In other countries, "The Most Illustrious" is rarely used, but rather "Illustrious Highness"


      See also


      The Most Excellent


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